Home Affairs Bureau - Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Home Affairs is responsible for policies such as:

• Human Rights
• Equal Opportunities
• Protection of Personal Data
• Access to Information
• Maintenance Payments

List of agencies linked to HAB:

Advisory committees

• Antiquities Advisory Board
• Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee
• Committee on Performing Arts
• Committee on Museums
• Committee on Libraries
• Commission on Youth
• Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education
• Committee on the Promotion of Racial Harmony
• District Councils
• Betting and Lotteries Commission
• Independent Commission on Remuneration for Members of the District Councils of the HKSAR
• Personal Data (Privacy) Advisory Committee
• Po Leung Kuk Advisory Board
• Stamp Advisory Committee
• Sports Commission
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Advisory Board

Non-departmental public bodies

• Council of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
• Equal Opportunities Commission
• Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Appeal boards

• Appeal Board (Amusement Game Centres)
• Appeal Board (Bedspace Apartments)
• Appeal Board (Betting Duty Ordinance, Chapter 108)
• Appeal Board (Clubs (Safety of Premises))
• Appeal Board (Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation)
• Appeal Board Panel (Amusement Rides (Safety))

Advisory and management boards of trusts

• Cantonese Opera Development Fund Advisory Committee (in Chinese only)
• Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries
• Board of Trustees of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
• Board of Trustees of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund
• Board of Trustees, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund
• Brewin Trust Fund Committee
• Chinese Temples Committee
• Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
• Grantham Scholarships Fund Committee
• Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Committee
• Lord Wilson United World Colleges Scholarship Fund Council
• Ping Wo Fund Advisory Committee
• Sir David Trench Fund Committee
• Sir David Trench Fund for Recreation Investment Advisory Committee
• Sir Jack Cater Scholarship Fund Selection Committee
• Sir Murray MacLehose Trust Fund Investment Advisory Committee
• Sir Robert Black Trust Fund Committee

Miscellaneous boards and committees

• Award Council of the Hong Kong Award for Young People
• Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Arts Centre